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O. UHLIGH. CONTINUOUS ACTING APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF SPARKLING DRINKS, 6w.

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CONTINUOUS-ACTING APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF SPARKLING DRINKS, &c..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,394, dated August 27 1895 Application filed May 19,1893- Serial No. 474,840. (No modeld To all whom it may concern: with everything that is attached to itin such Be it known that I, OTTO UHLIOH, engineer, a manner that the bottle stands on its head a subject of the King of Prussia, German Emabove the mixing-vessel M. The water will peror, and a resident of Cologne, in the Kingnow How out of the bottle into the mixing- 55 dom of Prussia, Germany, have invented a vessel. By lowering thehandle theapparatus certain new andImproved Apparatus forMakis brought into a nearly horizontal position, ing Eifervescent Drinks, of which the follow-' as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and ing is a full, clear, and exact description. then by a repeated slight raising and lower- The present invention consists of an appaing of the handle a swinging motion is im- 60 IO ratus for mixing liquids and gases and in the parted to the mixingvessel, whereby the fluid particular construction of the same, as set and the gas are thoroughly mixed. Then the forth in the following specification and deapparatus is again brought back into its inifined in the claims appended. tial position with the mixing-vessel at the In order to make the present specification top. The fluid is allowed to flew back into 6 1 5 more easily intelligible, reference is had to the the bottle and the cock A closed. The bottle accompanying drawings, in which similar letnow contains highly effervescent water, is ters denote similar parts throughout the sevcorked,and then removed. The whole process eral views. lasts about half a minute.

Figure 1 is afront elevation. Fig. 2 is aside In order to effect a better and more rapid 70 view. Fig. 3 shows a section of the bottle mixing of the fluid with the gas, ribs or bands head-piece with attachment and mixing-vesmay-be formed on the walls of the mixingsel. Fig.4 is a double apparatus in front view. vessel M inside the same, or metal rods may Figs.5and Bshow in frontand side view means he placed in the mixing-vessel, so as to cross for shaking the apparatus. Figs. 7 and 8 repeach other parallel to the three main axes, as 7 5 resent the arrangement of the device for the shown in Fig. 3.

production on a larger scale in front and side Fig. 3 also shows in detail the T-pieoe T, view. .which is placed horizontally (thus 1-) and A supporting-bar E, having its shorter end serves at the same time to support the headupward and the longer one downward, is piece K, and is also hollowed out and formed 80 mounted to revolve on a pin Z, fixed in suitas a gas-conduit pipe, at the top of which is able standards or frame. In case standing attacheda lip-valve with supply-hose of wellcarbonic-acid receivers are used it is advanknown construction. The horizontal arm has tageous to fix the pin to the support of the at about the middle of its length a flange J", said receiver. A bottle-carrying disk for one by which the entire head-piece is attached to S 5 3 5 bottle is attached to the lower end of the supthe bar E, while the projecting nozzle 6 passes porting-plate, which is easily adjusted in pothrough a corresponding hole in the said sition by means of a spring and a lever. At the bar E. upper end of E a corresponding head-piece K As shown in Fig. at, two apparatus may be is arranged, having a stop-cock supported by arranged on one common supporting-frame, 90 o a T-piece T, which is attached to the bar E which is formed of the two vertical bars E and supports on its upward arm a mixing-ves- E and the lower middle and upper cross-bars sel M. The lower end of the supporting-bar Q Q Q the whole frame turning about the E terminates in a handle G. pin Z at the center of the cross-bar Q In order to manufacture mineral water with If desired, two diiferent kinds of effervescent 5 4 5 the apparatus, a bottle filled with water is addrinks requiring varying pressures may be j usted between the disk F and head-piece K. manufactured simultaneously-e. g., for min- The cockAbeing closed, the gas-pressure from oral water five to six atmospheres being rethe oarbonic'acid receiver is then allowed to quired, while milk only needs about two atpass to the mixingvessel M through the T- mospheres. piece T, and the cook A opened. Thereupon In order to be able to produce drinks under the bar E is tilted over by means of the handle different pressures at the same time, I arrange IOO on the carbonic-acid receiver a combination of a high-pressure reducing-valve I1 and a low-pressure valve N, of which the latter branches off from the former and brings these valves into connection with the corresponding T-pieces by a corresponding supply-hose.

As shown in Figs. 7 and 8 a larger number of single apparatus may also be combined on a common pivotally-attached frame R, as may be desirable for production on a large scale. In this apparatus, in order to mix the gas and fluid in the mixing-Vessel M, the lower part of the frame is formed to a handle and the swinging motion of the frame and everything attached to it is effected in a similar manner to that of a hand fire-engine.

The shaking of the apparatus, instead of being effected by the pump-handle-like raising and lowering of the bar E, may be done at the lower end by turning a crank, if an eccentric disk S, Figs. 5 and 6, be attached to the crank-axle, which, by means of the rod 3, revolving on the eccentric-pin z, swings the bar E and simultaneously operates the same to slide backward and forward by means of a slot engaging the pin Z.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a pivotally mounted swinging frame vertically self adj ust ing spring pressed bottle supporting disks mounted at the lower part of said frame, fixed bottle neck holders K at the upper part of said frame each vertically above one of said disks, mixing chambers M above said holders K rigid tubular connections from each of said mixing chambers to each neck holder flexible tube connection to connect said mixing chambers to a gas receiver and means for swinging said frame and to close the gas conduit substantially as described.

2. The combination of a pivotally mounted swinging frame, a spring pressed self adj usting bottle supporting disk mounted at the lower part of said frame, a neck holder K rigidly connected to the upper part of said frame a mixing chamber M above said neck holder tubular T-piece T having flange f to attach to said frame, and nozzle 6, said T-piece connecting the holder K and chamber M, flexible tubular connection from said nozzle to a gas receiver and means to close said gas conduit and to swing said frame in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTTO UHLIGH.

Witnesses:

CARL HALMENDIER, FRITZ SCHROEDER. 

